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Can anyone recommend resources to learn how to build websites as opposed to web applications?

I want to design a website for a consulting company to be precise. I would be more interested in the best practices for creating a website layout (user appeal, eye candy, not eye sore).

thanks

-M

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It really depends on the language you want to use, your current skillsets, who will maintain the site, what OS the site will host, etc. etc.

I suspect you need to narrow down your question.

What do you mean by a website and not a web application? Are you talking about the dynamic nature of the content or something else?

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If you're looking for discussions on website design (visual design, UX, etc.) then I'm a big fan of Smashing Magazine.



http://www.smashingmagazine.com/

He doesn't often talk about MS technologies (ASP.NET, etc.), but it's a great place to discuss discussions and posts about "what makes a great website". Some recent examples:

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/05/15/optimizing-conversion-rates-its-all-about-usability/

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/05/14/non-profit-website-design-examples-and-best-practices/

Subscribe to your RSS feed and see what these coloring pages are aiming for.

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Here is your first call port .



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If you are not artistically inclined, I recommend purchasing or contracting a template for anyone with experience in the field.

For $ 60 per year, you can download unlimited and unlimited use of all templates at the following site: http://www.dreamtemplate.com/

There are many more here: http://www.templatemonster.com/website-templates.php

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just the best I've seen for this.

Me too - since I was just reminded of this, use

http://www.webmonkey.com/

http://w3schools.com/

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http://www.w3schools.com/

for purely informational sites, html and css will probably be a lot, although I think I recommend using wordpress , re just trying to put content online

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If you speak German or French, http://www.selfhtml.org is a good resource.

Otherwise, I would recommend http://www.w3schools.com/ or http://htmldog.com/ . Both are very good as they really go deep into the case and talk about the standards from the very beginning.

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sitepoint.com

Their best content is packed in their books, but their articles are good too. Covers best practices and web standards, but also has good business tips for web design and customer management.

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You can take a look at alistapart .

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http://www.w3schools.com/ is a good start.

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